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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:30 PM Original message |
Abortion in colonial times: does anybody have any good info... |
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Che_Nuevara (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Most of the founders were Puritans. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. BULLSHIT! |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. The Puritans arrived here many years before. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Exactly, my 11th great grandfather was a Puritan, my 8th great grand |
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prodigal_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Depends upon the colony |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. They often made a women pay if she had a child in less than 9 months. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. In fact, abortion was both common and legal at the time |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. It was a woman's issue |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. All through history women have been up to such things. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was one of the things that got you burned for witchcraft |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. The life begins at conception meme is fairly recent. |
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Dissent Is Patriotic (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yes, it is called "quickening" |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. And quickening is actually biblical |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. That is biologically irrational...life begain eons ago |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. You might check this title I found on FindLaw.com |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Thank you very much. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here you go..... |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Thank you very much. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. I know it wasn't made illegal in any states until the mid/late 1800's |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. Lots of back and forth on it |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Sure it was |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I doubt it....n/t |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Great book |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thank you very much. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sunshine for Women (Abortion with Attitude) -link for history of |
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Rex_Goodheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Wow, great site. |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. I can't provide a link but a women's issues class I took at U of L |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. That's what I was taught also |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. yes, me too |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Depends on where and when |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. I have posted this before but it is somewhat germane |
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